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Various Committees And Commissions In India

Shekatkar Committee recommendations

Shekatkar Committee recommendations Part of: GS-II- Governance (PT-MAINS-PERSONALITY TEST) The government has accepted and implemented three important recommendations of the Committee of Experts (CoE) under the Chairmanship of Lt General D B Shekatkar (Retd) relating to border Infrastructure. Accepted recommendations: Speeding up road construction, Outsourcing road construction work beyond the optimal capacity of the Border Roads Organisation (BRO). Mandatory to adopt Engineering Procurement Contract (EPC) mode for execution of all works costing more than Rs 100 crore. Delegating enhanced procurement powers from Rs 7.5 crore to Rs 100 crore to BRO, for domestic and foreign procurements. The land acquisition and all statutory…

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List of Important committees

List of Important committees GS: PT and Main List of Committees With Purposes Name of Committee/Commission Purpose Abhijeet Sen Committee Formulating food policy in a long term Abid Hussain Committee Small scale industries and Trade Policy…

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Malimath Report

Malimath Report Justice Malimath Committee or The Committee on Reforms of the Criminal Justice System was constituted by the Home Ministry in 2000. The committee submitted its report in 2003 and made recommendations on crime investigation and punishment. The recommendations were never implemented. It is now going to be revisited by the government. One of its key recommendations is admissibility of confessions made before a police officer as evidence in a court of law. Other recommendations are: Stringent punishment for false registration of cases, Constituting a National Judicial Commission and Amending Article 124 to make impeachment of judges less difficult…

28 May, 2020 Various Committees And Commissions In India